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It's supposed to be tied to the time you turn your lights on (with their different color temp), not when you go to bed. But maybe some people use it differently

by smackfu 13y ago

It's supposed to be tied to the time you turn your lights on (with their different color temp), not when you go to bed. But maybe some people use it differently?

JoshTriplett 13y ago
> It's supposed to be tied to the time you turn your lights on (with their different color temp), not when you go to bed. This assumes you work in a room exposed to sunlight during the day.
- Crito 13y ago
  It also assumes you don't work in a well-light environment during the 3rd shift. Regardless though, I think these shortcomings should be resolvable by simply setting your location in flux/redshift "incorrectly". So if you work the 3rd shift and use artificial lighting to give yourself an 'artificial day', then you'd just set flux/redshift to think that you are a continent or so over.
- 2muchcoffeeman 13y ago
  Not sure if you use flux, but you can set the colour temp for your daytime and your night time to match the kind of lights you are working under. They even mark certain temps like tungsten, fluoro, halogen etc ... So you don't have to assume anything. I also use flux to match colour temperatures. It's pretty great!
Dylan16807 13y ago
I use f.lux when I want to avoid bright light. I don't use it to try to match the color temperature of the room. As such, I turn f.lux on around the point I start turning lights off, long after winter sunset. And I have it set to a rather dramatic setting.
baldfat 13y ago
It's not brightness, it is blue light. You are not suppose to turn blue off when it is time to go to bed. Blue light suppresses melatonin and it is important to start this early and not when your headed to bed. Personally I hate artifical light and except for my kitchen my house is fairly dim. Work I just keep the lights off and have flu.x installed and dim my screen.

3 ms·

It's supposed to be tied to the time you turn your lights on (with their different color temp), not when you go to bed. But maybe some people use it differently

by smackfu 13y ago

It's supposed to be tied to the time you turn your lights on (with their different color temp), not when you go to bed. But maybe some people use it differently?

JoshTriplett 13y ago
> It's supposed to be tied to the time you turn your lights on (with their different color temp), not when you go to bed. This assumes you work in a room exposed to sunlight during the day.
- Crito 13y ago
  It also assumes you don't work in a well-light environment during the 3rd shift. Regardless though, I think these shortcomings should be resolvable by simply setting your location in flux/redshift "incorrectly". So if you work the 3rd shift and use artificial lighting to give yourself an 'artificial day', then you'd just set flux/redshift to think that you are a continent or so over.
- 2muchcoffeeman 13y ago
  Not sure if you use flux, but you can set the colour temp for your daytime and your night time to match the kind of lights you are working under. They even mark certain temps like tungsten, fluoro, halogen etc ... So you don't have to assume anything. I also use flux to match colour temperatures. It's pretty great!
Dylan16807 13y ago
I use f.lux when I want to avoid bright light. I don't use it to try to match the color temperature of the room. As such, I turn f.lux on around the point I start turning lights off, long after winter sunset. And I have it set to a rather dramatic setting.
baldfat 13y ago
It's not brightness, it is blue light. You are not suppose to turn blue off when it is time to go to bed. Blue light suppresses melatonin and it is important to start this early and not when your headed to bed. Personally I hate artifical light and except for my kitchen my house is fairly dim. Work I just keep the lights off and have flu.x installed and dim my screen.